Deep in the forge, raw steel is heated until it glows bright orange, ready to be shaped. With each hammer strike, the ...

A former chef who changed careers to become a blacksmith has said he has never been busier. Ben Cooper runs the Great Oak Forge in Sandbach, Cheshire, and has been a blacksmith for almost a decade. It ...

In my first blacksmithing class, I was the smallest — and only — woman. Learning to work metal without brute force reshaped my craft and life.